Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to a hospital in Pretoria "to undergo tests
".
Mandela will undergo routine medical check as he has always done so in the past, presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement. Mandela turned 94 on July 18, Xinhua reported.
Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years during the apartheid, was elected the country's first black president in 1994.
(Published 08 December 2012, 16:24 IST)
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